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Shirley Temple
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Spring Dyington Nigel Bruce Gate Sondergesed Eddie Colline Sybil Jaran
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December 26, 1940.
Christmas In
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hoapite his rather dis-talian people has provoked angry Army forgut the serious business
Randolph Hearst coustically in h |newspaperae
Londoners Make Merry LONDON, Dec. 25 (Router).The brief spell to have its carcer, is not something of comment from the German official ahead for n
hows agency, which describes it as biggest "blow-out" of the year four-flushor himself-like Louis the desperate net of a man who turkey, pork and beef dinner washed Napoleon, all, gold braid, cockfeathers has lost his lucidity of mind." down with beer-while those who and horse feathers," writes William Alleging that the Prime Minister passed Christmas in London's "tubes" Is ignorant of the paychology of spent the time in carol-singing and totalitarian state, the agency says: and galety in gaily-decorated under- "He has grasped nothing of the out-ground shelters. look of Germany and Italy, which are politically and militarily an in- vincible block of power unequalled "You have got to have something by any alliance of former tintes." cise beside a chin and a chest to be a
Stings Axis real lender. You have got to have
LONDON, Dec. 23 (Reuter).---Mr something other than hot air to be a Anthony Eden was obviously behind real leader,"
Ipat chest seems just made for ineduls, and that chin! Well, we all kitow, what happens when a man continually leads with his chin.
Scripps-Howard: Press
LONDON, Dec. 26 (Router).— Editorial in the Scripps Howard newspapers say: "We would hate to THE be in Mussolini's sput" right now, for Churchill has all the art which made the Roman citizen turn on the Brutus they had cheered only a few minutes before and ery, Burn, fire, slay['
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This latter-day synthetic Caesar Mr Churchill's broadcast to Italy. muy end up about us popular with declares the official "Diplomatische the multitude As did Brutus after Correspondenz" to-day. Anthony got rough with him in their oratorlul contest."
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